Madison Gate Records has released the first track from the soundtrack for the fourth season of the Prime Video original series The Boys. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Let’s Put the Christ Back in Christmas produced by the show’s composer Christopher Lennertz (Lost in Space, Horrible Bosses, Sausage Party, Agent Carter) & Alex Karukas and performed by Shoshana Bean, Andrew Rannells & James Monroe Iglehart. Also listen to he full track after the jump. The Boys is developed by Eric Kripke and stars Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Erin Moriarty, Antony Starr, Jessie T. Usher, Chace Crawford, Laz Alonso, Susan Heyward, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Valorie Curry, Colby Minifie, Claudia Doumit, Cameron Crovetti and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Read the rest of this entry »
First Song from ‘The Boys’ Season 4 Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alex Karukas, Amazon, Andrew Rannells, Christopher Lennertz, James Monroe Iglehart, Shoshana Bean, The Boys
‘Bridgerton’ Season 3 (Part 2) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bridgerton, Netflix, Soundtrack
Capitol Records has released the full soundtrack album for the third season of the Netflix original series Bridgerton have been revealed. The album features the covers from Season 3, including Ariana Grande’s POV by Strings from Paris, Demi Lovato’s Confident by Archer Marsh, Imagine Dragons’ Thunder by Thomas Mercier, Taylor Swifts’ You Belong With Me by Duomo, Coldplay’s Yellow by Vitamin String Quartet and Ellie Goulding’s Lights by Archer Marsh. Also included is an orchestral version of Tori Kelly’s original song All I Want (released as a digital single last week) arranged by the show’s composer Kris Bowers (listen to the track below). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. A double vinyl edition will be coming out later this year and is available for pre-order here. The label has previously released the Part 1 album last month. Read the rest of this entry »
Lin-Manuel Miranda to Serve as Producer on Disney’s ‘Moana’ Live-Action Film
Posted: June 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Moana, Thomas Kail
Disney announced today that Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, In the Heights, Encanto) will serve as a producer on the studio’s upcoming live-action remake of the 2016 animated feature Moana. The movie will be directed by Thomas Kail (Fosse/Verdon, We Were the Lucky Ones) and star Catherine Laga‘aia in the title role of the adventurous teenager who sails out on a daring mission to save her people. Dwayne Johnson will reprise his role of demigod Maui and is joined by new cast members John Tui as Moana’s father, Chief Tui, Frankie Adams as her mother, Sina, as well as Rena Owen as Gramma Tala. Read the rest of this entry »
Quincy Jones to Receive Honorary Oscar at 15th Governor Awards
Posted: June 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Quincy Jones
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Academy Honorary Awards to two artists, including composer, songwriter and record producer Quincy Jones. He will receive the Oscar at the Academy’s Governors Awards event on Sunday, November 17, 2024, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood. Jones’ film credits include Norman Jewison’s In the Heat of the Night and he has earned a total of seven Oscar nominations for his work on such films as Richard Brooks’ In Cold Blood, Sidney Lumet’s The Wiz and Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple, receiving a Best Picture nomination (as a producer) for the latter. Read the rest of this entry »
Rob Simonsen & Duncan Blickenstaff Scoring Justin Baldoni’s ‘It Ends With Us’
Posted: June 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Duncan Blickenstaff, It Ends with Us, Justin Baldoni, Rob Simonsen
Rob Simonsen (Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Whale, The Age of Adaline, Foxcatcher, The Way Back, Nerve, (500) Days of Summer) has teamed up with Duncan Blickenstaff (Hollywood Stargirl, Alex, Inc., Reboot, Outmatched, Maggie) to score the upcoming romantic drama It Ends With Us. The film is directed by Justin Baldoni (Five Feet Apart, Clouds) and stars Blake Lively, Baldoni himself, Jenny Slate, Amy Morton, Hasan Minhaj and Brandon Sklenar. The movie is based on the bestselling novel by Colleen Hoover and follows a woman who overcomes a traumatic childhood to embark on a new life in Boston, where she meets and falls in love with a charming neurosurgeon, when her first love suddenly reenters her life . Read the rest of this entry »
‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ 3-LP Set Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: J.J. Abrams, Michael Giacchino, score, Soundtrack, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness
Varèse Sarabande and Craft Recordings have announced the first-ever vinyl release of the expanded deluxe edition soundtrack album for J.J. Abrams’ 2013 sci-fi adventure Star Trek Into Darkness starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, Karl Urban, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood and Benedict Cumberbatch. The album featuring the film’s original score composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, The Incredibles, Jurassic World, Lost, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Ratatouille, The Batman) is being released on vinyl as a 3-LP Blue, Red, and Yellow set themed after the iconic Starfleet uniforms. The collection, which includes a 16-page booklet with behind-the-scenes photos from the set and notes from Abrams and Giacchino, will be released on September 6. The 3-LP tricolor set (limited to 1,000 copies) is now available for pre-order on Amazon (and other North American retailers), while a Translucent Clear set will be available for the rest of the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Prime Video’s ‘Prisma’ Released
Posted: June 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Ginevra Nervi, Prisma, score, Soundtrack
Cinevox Records has released a soundtrack album for the Italian Prime Video original series Prisma. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Ginevra Nervi (Shake, Custodes). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Interlude) below. Prisma is created by Ludovico Bessegato & Alice Urciuolo and stars Mattia Carrano, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Caterina Forza, LXX Blood, Chiara Bordi, Matteo Scattaretico and Zakaria Hamza. The coming-of-age drama tells the story of of two twin brothers who look identical, but approach life in a very different way, and begin a journey of discovery and transition from what they should be to what they want to be. Read the rest of this entry »
Sean Segal Scoring Peter Segal’s ‘My Spy The Eternal City’
Posted: June 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, My Spy, My Spy The Eternal City, Peter Segal, Sean Segal
Sean Segal has made his feature scoring debut on the upcoming action comedy sequel My Spy The Eternal City. The film is directed by Pete Segal (Get Smart, 50 First Dates) and stars Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman, Kristen Schaal, Flula Borg, Billy Barratt, Craig Robinson, Taeho K, Anna Faris and Ken Jeong. The movie follows veteran CIA operative JJ and his 14-year-old stepdaughter Sophie as they reunite to save the world when a high school choir tour of Italy is interrupted by a nefarious nuclear plot targeting the Vatican. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Moor’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: June 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Cronin, Nir Perlman, score, Soundtrack, The Moor
Nir Perlman will release a soundtrack album for the British folk horror feature The Moor. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and will be released digitally next Monday, June 17. Visit Amazon to pre-order the soundtrack. The Moor is directed by Chris Cronin and stars Sophia La Porta, David Edward-Robertson, Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips and Bernard Hill. The movie follows a group of investigators who must venture deep into a haunted moor to solve the death of a childhood friend and find more than just the ghosts of dead children out there. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Part of You’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Part of You, En del av dig, Netflix, Oskar Rindborg, score, Sigge Eklund, Soundtrack, Wilhelm Börjesson
Music Super Circus has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish Netflix original film A Part of You (En del av dig). The album features the movie’s original music composed by Oskar Rindborg & Wilhelm Börjesson. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen to the composers’ first track below. A Part of You is directed by Sigge Eklund and stars Felicia Maxime, Edvin Ryding, Zara Larsson, Alva Bratt, Ida Engvoll, Nikki Hanseblad NS Mustafa Al-Mashhadani. The drama revolves around a teenager who struggles to pick up the pieces of her shattered world. Read the rest of this entry »
